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College photographer Eli Burak '00 replaced the recently-retired Joe Mehling '69, who held the College photographer position for 18 years.
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Burak starts as College photographer

By Lindsay Ellis | November 28, 2011

Lindsay Ellis Although recently-hired College photographer Eli Burak '00 roomed with a studio art major with a keen interest in photography during his sophomore year at Dartmouth, taking photos professionally did not cross his mind until after he received his diploma, Burak said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Blaze Joel | November 28, 2011

The causes of the Nov. 19 car crash during the Harvard-Yale football game tailgate are still under investigation by the New Haven Police Department, the Yale Daily News reported Monday.

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The Aires finish second on 'The Sing-Off'

By The Dartmouth Staff | November 28, 2011

The Dartmouth Aires finished in second place in Monday night's finale of NBC's "The Sing-Off." The Aires were defeated by the Pentatonix, the five-member group from Arlington, Texas, who won a $200,000 cash prize and a Sony Music recording contract. The Aires were chosen as one of three groups to compete in the finale following last week's mash-up performance of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga and "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones, receiving input from celebrity judges Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men, singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and Ben Folds. In Monday's two-hour finale, the Aires performed a handful of songs, including a rendition of "Not the Same" by Folds, accompanied by Folds himself.

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Daily Debriefing

By Sasha Dudding | November 27, 2011

The suicide of Bradley Ginsburg, a member of Cornell University's class of 2013, prompted Ginsberg's father to sue Cornell, several university administrators and the city of Ithaca, N.Y., The Cornell Daily Sun reported Friday.

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Early app. trends vary across Ivies

By Taha Adib | November 27, 2011

Maggie Zou / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth's record number of early decision applicants for the Class of 2016 which rose 2.6 percent from last year reflects an overall trend of steadily-increasing applications to the College over the past five years, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.

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DMS researchers find cancer factor

By Madison Pauly | November 27, 2011

A "pioneer factor" called PBX1 may help scientists understand the causes of breast cancer's resistance to estrogen treatment and help develop new strategies for identifying aggressive tumors, according to a study by researchers at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

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Tuck students compile list of season's top toys

November 27, 2011

Everyone loved the digital dancing alien. Despite looking "really weird and not terribly compelling," the "Fijit" was "pretty entertaining," Colin Carrihill Tu'12 said about one of many toy models created by outside manufacturers using advanced technology tools and assessed by students and professors at the Tuck School of Business. Carrihill and 11 other Tuck students have collaborated with Tuck professor and director of the Center for Digital Strategies Eric Johnson to compile a list of the 13 best tech toys for the holiday season, according to Johnson.

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Former College Trustee Heyman '51 dies at 81

By Lindsay Ellis | November 27, 2011

Ira Michael Heyman '51, a former member and Chairman of the Board of Trustees who triumphed affirmative action while serving as Chancellor for University of California, Berkeley from 1980 to 1990, died due to complications from emphysema in his Berkeley home on Nov.

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Daily Debriefing

November 21, 2011

The Rhodes Trust awarded an all-inclusive scholarship to the University of Oxford to 32 American students, although no Dartmouth students were selected from a pool of 830 candidates, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Sunday.

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Deans join undergrad. advising staff

By Diana Ming and Felicia Schwartz | November 21, 2011

Editor's Note: This is the final installment in a three-part series chronicling recent changes to the College's advising structure. Coming from diverse backgrounds in multicultural affairs at other universities and residential life programs within the College, five new undergraduate assistant deans have joined the Undergraduate Deans Office over the past six months.

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Students work to form alumnae network

By Clare Coffey | November 21, 2011

A group of female upperclassmen and young alumnae are working to create an alumnae network through Blunt Alumni Center, although they will also pursue external channels in order to make the group a reality in time for the 40th anniversary of co-education at the College, according to Deanna Portero '12, one of the students spearheading the effort.

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Advising changes aim to increase accessibility

By Felicia Schwartz | November 20, 2011

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series chronicling recent changes to the College's advising structure. As part of the College's effort to revamp its advising system, undergraduate deans are now assigned to a smaller group of students for more specialized advising and have increased outreach efforts in the form of personal emails and office-wide initiatives.

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Daily Debriefing

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | November 20, 2011

A U-Haul truck driven by a Yale University undergraduate student struck three people killing one and injuring two at the tailgate before the football game against Harvard University on Saturday morning, the Yale Daily News reported.

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LuminAid helps disaster relief orgs.

By Stephanie McFeeters | November 20, 2011

Called the "Toms Shoes of electricity" by technology website Gizmodo, the LuminAID a portable, inflatable solar lamp designed by Anna Stork '08 is generating excitement and funding from both outdoor enthusiasts and international disaster relief organizations, Stork said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Prof. lectures on carbon emissions

By Alessandra Slayton | November 20, 2011

Dartmouth should take the lead in helping Americans who use 25 percent of the world's energy despite comprising only 5 percent of the world's total population commit to greater levels of sustainability, environmental studies program chair Andy Friedland said in "Why Worry About Carbon Emissions," a Saturday morning presentation in Dartmouth Hall. Friedland, an environmental studies professor, encouraged approximately 50 audience members to create their own personal "energy pies," or personal energy profiles, in order to document their energy usage.

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Groups engage in political debate

By Amelia Acosta | November 17, 2011

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth A little over a month after Republican presidential candidates faced off in a Dartmouth-sponsored debate, the College Democrats and College Republicans took on many of the same issues in a debate hosted by PoliTALK at the Rockefeller Center on Thursday night.

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